Adjustable seat and support for railway post-offices



(No Model.)

W. E. LOVE.- ADJUSTABLE SEAT AND SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY POST-OFFICES. N0.596,409. I Patenjed D 28,1897.

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Wim/wwe@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. LOVE, OF MADISON, TENNESSEE.

ADJUSTABLE SEAT AND SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY POST-OFFICES.

SPECTFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,409, dated December28, 1897'. Application led July 8, 1897. Serial No. 643,857. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, WILLIAM E. LOVE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Madison, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Seatsand Supports for Railway Post-Offices; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an adjustable support for railway postal carsand the object is to provide a seat and support for the postal clerksWhile at work in the car when the said car is in motion.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a postal car, showing my improvedsupport in place. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the car, showingthe adjustable standard in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of theadjustable seat. FigA is a similar view of the should er-support. Fig. 5is a sectional detail of the standard.

1 represents the iioor ofthe car.

2 represents a longitudinal groove in the floor, and t 4t representnotches or recesses arranged at suitable intervals in said groove .toreceive the lower end of a vertical standard 5, the upper end of whichis provided with a shoe 6, which encompasses the longitudinal bar7,secured to the brackets 8 and 9, fixed to the roof of the car. Thisstandard is preferably tubular in form to receive the sliding bolt 3,the upper end of which is arranged to engage one of a series of'transverse notches l1, formed in the bar 7, and which correspond to therecesses in the groove 2.

The lower end of the bolt 3 is pivoted to one end of the lever 10,iixedon the rod 27 ,mounted in the tubular standard 5, and a shorter bolt 2Sis pivoted to the opposite end of said lever and its lower end projectsthrough the end of the standard in the groove and into one of the seriesof recesses 4 4t in the car-floor. The

rod 27 is provided with a projecting handle 29, by means of which saidlever and the bolts 3 and 28 may be projected beyond the upper and lowerends of the standard to engage their respective notches in the rail andgroove in the car-floor, and a quarter of a turn of the handle 29 willrelease them to permit the adj ustment of the standard to a newposition.

12 represents a bracket, which is adjustably secured to the standard 5by means of a hand-screw 13, and 4its forward end is provided with arecessl/i, which receives a rod 15, the outer end of which terminates ina horizontal seat 16, while the hand-screw 13 permits the verticaladjustment of the seat to suit the convenience of the operator while atwork at the mailing-table.

2O represents a bracket vertically adjustable on the standard by meansof the handscrew 21. This bracket is vertically adj ustable above theseat 16 to support the shoulders or back of the operator, and itsforward end is'provided with a horizontal recess 22 to receive a rod 23,the front face of which is provided with a vertical shoulder` brace orrest 24, and its inner end is provided with a fixed collar 25, on eachside of which is located a spiral spring 26, which encompasses the rodand permits the adjustment of the brace to the body of the operator totake up the vibration imparted by the momentum of the car.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope ofmy invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. A railway-car,having its floor 1, provided with a longitudinal groove2, a series of notches et, 4, formed in said groove, a longitudinalhorizontal bar 7, vertically fixed above and parallel with said groove,a series of notches 11, 11, formed in said bar, in combination with theadjustable standard 5, the shoe 6, formed on the upper end thereof, thebolt 3, mounted in the upper end of the stand- IOO ard, and adapted toengage the notches 11, 1l in the bar '7, the bolt 28, adjustably mountedin the lower end of said standard and adapted to engage the notches inthe groove 2, and the adjustable bracket l2, provided With the seat 16,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination With the vertical standard 5 and means as describedfor longitudinally adjusting the same in a car, of the seatbraoket l2adjustably secured to said standard and provided With the seat 16horizontally secured to the outer end of said rod, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with the standard, the adjustable seat 16 and thebracket 2O adjustably secured to said standard above said seat,

